{"id":121787,"date":"2023-06-09T11:16:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T15:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/how-to-immigrate-to-manitoba-as-a-truck-driver\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T09:54:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T13:54:39","slug":"how-to-immigrate-to-manitoba-as-a-truck-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/how-to-immigrate-to-manitoba-as-a-truck-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Immigrate To Manitoba As A Truck Driver"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Transport truck driver tops the list of occupations in Manitoba likely to face the greatest shortage of labour in the next few years \u2013 and the province is turning to immigration to deal with that challenge.<\/p>\n

In its Manitoba Labour Market Outlook 2022\u20132026<\/i>, the province projects a shortfall of 7,300 workers needed to fill jobs in Manitoba during that four-year period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With Winnipeg, the provincial capital, serving as a North American transportation hub, employers are already eagerly seeking to recruit truck drivers, including from abroad.<\/p>\n

At the end of May, the Job Bank federal job-hunting and career-planning website listed 213 job ads in Manitoba for truckers,\u00a0categorized under the\u00a0National Occupational Classification<\/a>\u00a0(NOC) 2021 with the code 73300,\u00a0and many employers were seeking to fill multiple positions.<\/p>\n

With six railways coming into Winnipeg, including three serving the United States, the province\u2019s biggest city is a natural location for transportation and logistics and so is the base of operations for the vast majority of Manitoba\u2019s trucking companies.<\/p>\n

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As May drew to a close, 165 trucking jobs, or 77.5 per cent of the total in the province, were offered by Winnipeg companies. There were 18 trucking jobs in the Interlake region north of Winnipeg and another 14 in the southeastern corner of the province.<\/p>\n

In Manitoba, the median hourly wage for trucking jobs is $22 but that varies from a low of $15 per hour right up to $31 per hour, reveals Job Bank.<\/p>\n

Based on a standard 37.5-hour work week, that would be $60,450 at the upper end of the annual wage scale for truckers in Manitoba.<\/p>\n

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But truck drivers are also often paid bonuses by the kilometre, enabling them to earn significantly more.<\/p>\n

With transportation companies desperately looking for truckers to replenish and grow their aging workforce, both the federal and provincial governments have been helping out with immigration policies to grant\u00a0work permits<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0permanent residence<\/a>\u00a0to qualified foreign workers looking for these kinds of jobs in Canada.<\/p>\n

Manitoba is one of the participants in the\u00a0Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot<\/a>\u00a0(EMPP) which is expected to start helping employers hire skilled\u00a0refugees<\/a>\u00a0and other displaced individuals, including for\u00a0trucking\u00a0jobs, this summer.<\/p>\n

That will allow refugees who are truckers to immigrate to Manitoba under the EMPP and get jobs in the transportation sector.<\/p>\n

Refugees Immigrating To Canada Under The EMPP Can Fill Trucking Jobs<\/h3>\n

\u201cCanada is a global leader in helping skilled refugees connect with employers struggling to find workers in critical areas while giving newcomers the opportunity to restart their careers and their lives here in Canada,\u201d said Immigration Minister Sean Fraser.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur government will continue to develop and scale innovative immigration measures to help employers address their critical labour shortages and provide refugees with the opportunity to live in safety while rebuilding their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Employers looking to hire to fill any of the vacant trucking jobs in Manitoba can also use the federal\u00a0Labour Market Impact Assessment<\/a>\u00a0(LMIA) process of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program<\/a>\u00a0(TFWP) to bring in internationally-trained truckers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program<\/a> (MPNP)\u00a0 only permits companies to hire outside the LMIA process when specific conditions are met including recruitment efforts and in terms of the province\u2019s labour law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The MPNP provides employers with two pathways, the Skilled Worker in Manitoba (SWM) and Skilled Worker Overseas (SWO), to recruit skilled workers.<\/p>\n

Once a foreign national has acquired 12 months of work experience in Manitoba, he or she can then apply for permanent residence through the\u00a0federal Express Entry Canadian Experience Class<\/a>\u00a0(CEC) program.<\/p>\n

Qualifying applicants under the CEC first fill out an Express Entry profile which is awarded points under the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS). When there is a draw, the government issues an\u00a0Invitation To Apply<\/a>\u00a0(ITA)\u00a0for permanent residence to every qualified applicant.<\/p>\n

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